Amy Poehler Quotes
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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I am highly distressed and offended by what Donald Trump has been saying, and I don't think his nomination is good for the country. I think he would be a terrible president and terrible for our country.
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In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism.
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My parents were reluctant to let me start auditioning until I was at least a little bit emotionally stable - I'm still working on that! And so I started when I was fifteen, and it was the best thing that could have happened to me in terms of being able to focus my crazy teenage energy into something good.
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But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
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I knew that for this movie to work it had to be very hot and very real, and it wasn't going to be a case of doing it Hollywood all covered with a nice little sheet.
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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There's no specific mission statement for the 'Toast.'
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I like egg white omelets with veggies, or oatmeal with almonds and fruit.
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I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.
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The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
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Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
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I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.
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I am richer than Davy Crockett. I can settle back and do what I want to do. And what I want to do is card tricks and magic.
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She wanted us to feel we were above everyone in the town. She really did tell us that we were related to Chief Justice John Marshall, and that may have been true. I never did bother to find out.
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Everything that I design I would wear myself.
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I like to do my own make-up.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.
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I love to see my family together. That's what life is about. It's about family.
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Give hope (the magic ingredient for success) - you will have hope and be made hopeful.
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In a matriarchy men should be encouraged to take it easy, for most women prefer live husbands to blocks of shares and seats on the board.
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There's power in looking silly and not caring that you do.
